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Polling is underway connected Monday (December 15, 2025) for Panchayati raj institutions and Civic bodies of Itanagar and Pasighat successful Arunachal Pradesh, amid choky information arrangements, officials said.
The polling began astatine 7 a.m. with a mean turnout witnessed successful the archetypal hours owed to acold weather, they said.
The information of voters volition prime up arsenic the time progresses, they said.
The State Election Commission has deployed implicit 40,000 information unit and astir 15,000 polling unit to guarantee peaceful polls.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu exercised his franchise astatine the 11-Gyangkhar polling booth successful Tawang district.
“I exercised my antiauthoritarian close by casting my ballot astatine the 11-Gyangkhar polling booth successful the panchayat elections. I entreaty to the radical of Arunachal Pradesh to travel retired successful ample numbers and ballot responsibly successful the panchayat elections and for the Itanagar Municipal Corporation and Pasighat Municipal Council,” Mr. Khandu said successful a station connected X.
He besides said, “Your ballot is important for strengthening grassroots democracy, promoting assemblage development, and securing a amended aboriginal for our children." The ruling BJP has already won 58 zilla parishad constituencies unopposed, portion the National People’s Party (NPP) secured 1 seat. Four BJP candidates were besides elected unopposed to the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC).
In addition, arsenic galore arsenic 5,037 BJP candidates for gram panchayat seats person been declared elected without contest.
Altogether, 440 candidates are contesting for 186 zilla parishad seats, portion 39 are successful the fray for 16 IMC wards and 21 for 8 wards of the Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC).
In total, 8,31,648 voters are eligible to formed their ballots, including 7,59,210 for panchayat bodies and 72,438 for municipal elections.
The SEC said determination are 2,171 polling stations for panchayat elections, 67 for the IMC and 12 for the PMC.
Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are being utilized for Municipal polls, and ballot boxes for Panchayat elections.
Counting of votes volition beryllium held connected December 20.
